#DD8957#DD8957

#DD8957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8957
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(22, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 27.39, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 48.44, 55.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0776 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.122 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4876, 33.9554, 13.4367)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8957 #57ABDD

analogous

#DD5768 #DD8957 #DDCC57

triadic

#DD8957 #57DD89 #8957DD

tetradic

#DD8957 #68DD57 #57ABDD #CC57DD

square

#DD8957 #68DD57 #57ABDD #CC57DD

split-complementary

#DD8957 #57DDCC #5768DD

monochromatic

#9A4D1F #CD672A #DD8957 #E7AD8A #F2D1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#DD8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#DD8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8957

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8957	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac87',
    500: '#dd8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8957;
$custom-light: #ecac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70785,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8957

secondary

#AECEE1

accent

#8ACE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8957

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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